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j 64 BOOK 9 ;',��. 858 The location of the U.S. #1 median cut and access point was approved at approximately 650' north of the U.S. #1/Hobart Road intersection, which the Traffic Engineering Department plans to signalize in the future. It is the opinion of the Public Works Director that the approved location is too close to the inter- section and that stacking maneuvers will be inhibited when the signal is installed. The site plan was also approved with the condition that left turns from the site through the median and into the northbound lane of U.S. #1 be prohibited; however, unless strictly enforced, the potential for such maneuvers still exists. Mr. Davis believes that this one movement, a northbound left turn from the site, is the most hazardous movement in egressing the site and _that the median cut should not be allowed. The County Thoroughfare Plan, adopted by the County Commission, designates U.S. #1 as an arterial onto which access is to be well controlled. As per the Functional Road Classification Summary chart, developments which are allowed access onto arterials are to be limited to major collectors and major generators. Commercial and industrial developments which are included in these categories are regional shopping centers and regional industrial parks. Hobart Road is designated as a secondary collector onto which access is to be partially controlled. Commercial and industrial developments which are to access onto secondary collectors include community commer- cial centers and local industrial parks. Recently, the Planning Department has received a number of applications for development of property having dual frontage. In each case in which the roads were of different classifica- tions, the Technical Review Committee required that the access be from the road with the lower functional classification, a requirement that was consistently upheld by the Planning and Zoning Commission. In three instances, namely Davidson Tiretown, Jimmy Turner's Tire Store, and K & M Investments, the subject parcels had frontage on Old Dixie, a secondary collec- tor, and on,a local road. All received site plan approval with access restricted to the local road. An application was submitted by Bill Law to develop a parcel extending from U.S. #1 to Old Dixie. Although the site plan depicted the access from U.S. #1, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the plan with the condition that it be amended to reflect access only from Old Dixie. The Planning Department staff believes that it has received a specific directive regarding site access from the County Commission, both through its adoption of the Thoroughfare Plan and through past action; namely, the repeal of the Summerplace Partnership site plan approval. While reviewing the subject application, it was staff opinion that the proposed project was not the type or size of development that the Commission was considering when it determined that certain projects should be allowed controlled access onto arterials. In addition, because of the nature of the development, accessibility from U.S. #1 should not be essential for the project. Due to the C-2, Heavy Commercial zoning, retail sales operations will not be allowed in the facility; therefore, the occupants will be relying upon established clientele rather than attracting motorists through accessibility and visibility. 16